KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ:KLAC), a Semiconductor Equipment & Materials company from Technology sector has been doing very well. The company has reported a price of $75.93 today, marking a change of -4.90%.

KLA-Tencor Corporation has a current return on equity (ROE) of 134.50% while its debt to equity stands at 0. The return on investment (ROI) is at 21.50% and the gross margin is reported to be 62.10%.

KLA-Tencor Corporation is predicting a healthy earnings per share growth of -0.70% over the period of next five years.

Performance Analysis

The stats for KLA-Tencor Corporation’s performance is below.

The weekly performance stands at -3.85%, while the monthly performance measure stands at 7.06%. Not surprisingly its volatility is at 1.87% with an average volume of 2232.36. Volatility is a statistical measure of the dispersion of returns for a given security. It can be measured by using the variance between returns from the market index. Generally speaking, there is always a positive correlation between high volatility and high risk.

The performance per month is at 7.06%, while the performance per quarter stands at .

Ratio

has a float short of 2.00% at present and the short ratio is at 1.4. Shares shorted can actually exceed 50% of the float in a company. Because the float is the amount of a company’s shares that are publicly owned, all tradable shares can therefore be borrowed by short sellers.

Valuation

The numbers in regards to KLA-Tencor Corporation’s valuation are below.

The market cap is at 12480.59, while the P/E stands at 16.06, with a P/S of 4.04 and earnings per share this year of 100.90%.

The earnings per share is used as a primary indicator of a company’s profitability or loss. Earnings per share is basically the portion of a company’s profit that is allocated to each outstanding share of common stock.

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